From: no-no@na.net   
      
   "Classic Collector"  wrote in message   
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   >I can't understand how older fans of Woody Allen think his new work is "so   
   > bad." But I'm a fan of Prince, and we see the same thing in the Prince   
   > newsgroup. He hasn't made a great album since 1987, he's washed up, then a   
   > new album comes out and some dumb critics say it's a "return to form."   
   > It's   
   > really quite tiring and predictable, and I see the same thing from fans   
   > and   
   > critics of Woody Allen. Instead of enjoying each new work, and   
   > appreciating   
   > an artist for continuing to evolve, we compare the new work to 1 or 2 of   
   > the   
   > so-called "best works," a time period where supossedly everyone felt the   
   > same. Mostly it's nostalgia, though.   
   >   
   > As such, here are my reviews of Woody's works... coming from a 28 year old   
   > guy who's just gotten into Woody's work about two years ago.   
   >   
   > What's Up, Tiger Lily (not viewed yet)   
   > Take the Money and Run 9/10   
   > Bananas 8/10   
   > Play It Again, Sam (not viewed yet)   
   > Everything About Sex... 7/10   
   > Sleeper 7/10   
   > Love and Death 8/10   
   > The Front 8/10   
   > Annie Hall 10/10   
   > Interiors 6/10   
   > Manhattan 10/10   
   > Stardust Memories 8/10   
   > A Midsummer Night's... (not viewed yet)   
   > Zelig 9/10   
   > Broadway Danny Rose (not viewed yet)   
   > Purple Rose of Cairo 9/10   
   > Hannah and Her Sisters 10/10   
   > Radio Days 8/10   
   > September 5/10   
   > Another Woman (not viewed yet)   
   > Crimes and Misdemeanors 9/10   
   > Alice (not viewed yet)   
   > Shadows and Fog (not viewed yet)   
   > Husbands and Wives 8/10   
   > Manhattan Murder Mystery 9/10   
   > Bullets Over Broadway 9/10   
   > Mighty Aphrodite 9/10   
   > Everyone Says I Love You 8/10   
   > Deconstructing Harry (not viewed yet)   
   > Celebrity (not viewed yet; just ordered it)   
   > Sweet and Lowdown 9/10   
   > Small Time Crooks 8/10   
   > Curse of the Jade Scorpion 5/10   
   > Hollywood Ending 7/10   
   > Anything Else 9/10   
   > Melinda and Melinda 8/10   
      
      
   Do you realize the only 10s you gave were to movies he made in the 70s and   
   80s and that two of your lowest grades (7 & 5) were to movies he made in the   
   past few years?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)